Readers' comments

This reader cannot pretend to have any patience with irrationality. Who can afford it?
Protest is easy. Problem solving is hard. What do those demonstrators blocking rail shipments to Gorleben think they are achieving? Are they offering sane and sensible alternatives? NO. Do the so-called Greens have better solutions for nuclear waste repositories? NO. Whether they know it or not, when it comes to nuclear waste disposal, the German Greens remain part of the problem, not part of the solution. In a country with a population density exceeding 200 per square km, remote and sparsely populated localities are the ineluctable first choice for long-term nuclear waste repositories.
If the econuts think nuclear risks are not worth taking, then I must assume:
1. none of them use electricity (electrocution danger)
2. none of them smoke (lung disease and cancer)
3. never drink alcohol (obvious dangers)
4. they deny the health hazards from medical radiology and radiography are acceptable and can afford to avoid all such treatments (cancer, etc.)
5. they always avoid any drugs or pharmaceuticals (poisonous side-effects)
6. they eat exclusively certified organic foods, not standard farm produce (pesticides and herbicides)
7. they have already eliminated their dependency any of the thousands of common industrial compounds known to be hazardous.

This list could go on. But it is relevant to the issue, because these hazards - both industrial and individual- represent far bigger challenges to public health than the nuclear energy industry ever does.